FAT TROUT TRAILER PARK SHARES NEW SINGLE 'DIRTY HANDS,' SELF-TITLED EP OUT OCTOBER 7
CREDIT: JILL VERHAEGE
FAT TROUT TRAILER PARK (Sean Raab) condemns Government-sanctioned capitalist greed on 'Dirty Hands', the fourth single from the self-titled countercultural EP due October 7. Picking up the narrative thread from previous releases 'Gold' and 'Fatberg', Raab barely conceals his contempt for the billionaire class, pairing incisive social critique with a brutalist approach to production.
Of the new single, Raab explains, "This song is a not so subtle fuck you to the culture the current US president has exposed and helped cultivate. Musically, the general idea was that of a sped-up Television record being played at the wrong rpm, with the 808 subs from the car blasting music outside joining in. I wanted it to be electrifying and colourful but at the same time well aware of the tongue in cheek factor of it all."
FAT TROUT TRAILER PARK is a post-punk interpretation of how people in the future would think the past sounds like. It's what you get when you combine the bare-boned, riff-heavy structure of early-2000s rock and roll and filter it through the kaleidoscopic lens of the 2010s psych revival, and the cut-and-paste approach and visceral impact of experimental electronica and hip-hop.
The forthcoming FAT TROUT TRAILER PARK EP takes influences as diverse as Tame Impala and Death Grips and twists them into an anarchic brawl, sparing few establishment institutions in its incisive critique of modern society.
Economic and environmental violence are both a looming presence on debut single 'Fatberg' the initially restrained, then untamed 'Gold' and the Television-indebted 'Dirty Hands'. 'Backseat' spirals into the hedonism that follows an episode of depression, a phenomenon recalled on the EP's final track 'Wendigo', which swerves through a Jekyll & Hyde narrative that explores bipolarity and the cocktail of disbelief, guilt, regret and relief that follows a bout of mania. 'Salt', the record's sonic outlier, dives even deeper into personal history before resolving to address the FAT TROUT TRAILER PARK EP's overarching theme: 21st-century disillusionment.
As a collection, these six tracks introduce a self-produced musical polymath and his contribution to the resurgence and re-politicization of guitar-driven music.
"An electrifyingly exciting listen..." - DIY
"...matches post-punk tropes to lyricism with a sweeping scope." - CLASH
"For those of you who like your guitar rock melodic and spiky, you’ve come to the right place." - Alt Press.